Business Unit: Group Finance
Salary Range: £47,200 - £59,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits
Location: UK Hybrid – Occasional Travel to local hub

Our Team

We’ve a fantastic opportunity in our Group Statutory Reporting team. You will play a key role in the delivery of the Group’s external financial reporting obligations, including the Group’s Annual Report & Accounts and Interim Financial Report and subsidiary accounts. The role holder is expected to proactively drive best practice reporting, performing peer analysis and ensuring best in class standards for external reporting. You’ll be working closely with other teams across Finance and the Business through the coordination, production and delivery of the disclosures contained within the Group and subsidiary Annual Report & Accounts.  We're looking for genuine self-managing professionals here - people who understand what might be possible.

What you’ll be doing

• Full functional ownership - accountable for developing and delivering Group and subsidiary statutory accounts to tight deadlines, with oversight of existing processes and controls
• Technically competent – recognised as being technically experienced by peers and colleagues and building subject matter expertise within the team
• Stakeholder engagement – responsible for building strong partnerships with other teams who utilise our data in their own reporting
• External reporting landscape – proactively researching accounting standards and interpretations, peer reviews and planning for implementation of future reporting changes
• Project management -  assist with timetable production and ensuring deadlines are met throughout
• Work at pace - deliver high quality work within appropriate timelines
• Continuous improvement mindset - always be looking for the next opportunity or improvement

We need you to have

• ICAS or equivalent professional accounting qualification with post qualified experience
• Detailed knowledge and experience in producing statutory reporting for a listed financial services organisation and its subsidiaries
• Strong report writing skills to produce narrative which is appropriate for an external audience
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of recent accounting and regulatory developments
• Effective project management and engagement skills, comfortable presenting plans and detailed information in both written and verbal format
• Analytical and inquisitive thinking
• Formulate agile personal and team goals, upholding and demonstrating ALMV values
• An understanding of the value of data quality and practical experience of improving it
• Be in the driving seat and push forward the data quality agenda

Red Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more.
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​. 
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt. 
• Market-leading pension.
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness. 

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank.  As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with.  We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer obsessed and work tirelessly to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ Our customer centric culture means that we're able to do banking differently and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.  

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.